The airstrikes destroyed weapon stores and military positions of Iran's elite Quds Forces and Lebanese Hezbollah near Damascus International Airport as well as in the areas of Al-Kiswah and Jamraya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on its Facebook page.

SANA, Syrian state media, said Israel launched guided missiles in successive land and airstrikes, and that most of the missiles had been shot down.

The number of casualties was unknown.

The Israeli attack follows a rocket having been fired from Syria at the northern Golan Heights some hours earlier, but it was intercepted by the nation's Iron Dome Aerial Defense System, the IDF said in a tweet.

A short while ago, a rocket was fired at the northern Golan Heights and was intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System. pic.twitter.com/RXM7OvdeyJ